Robert G. Shaver
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Robert Glenn Shaver
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| Nickname(s) | Fighting Bob |
| Born | Sullivan County, Tennessee |
| Died | January 13, 1915 Foreman, Arkansas |
| Place of burial | Center Point Cemetery, Howard County, Arkansas |
| Allegiance | |
| Years of service | 1860–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 Colonel
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| Commands held |
7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment 38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Shaver's Brigade |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
| Other work | Lawyer, Sheriff |
Robert Glenn Shaver was an American lawyer, militia leader, and colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He served in several key battles in the Western Theater. After the war, he was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Arkansas. Later in life, he became a significant leader in Confederate veterans' reunions and served for a time as the Major General in Command of the Arkansas State Guard.
Shaver came to Arkansas with his parents from Sullivan County, East Tennessee, in 1850, locating at Batesville, where in 1856 he was married to Miss Adelaide Louise Ringgold, a beautiful and accomplished daughter of Col. John Ringgold, one of the State's mose prominent citizens. Some three years later he removed to Lawrence County, where he was licensed to practice law. Shaver was an early leader in the Arkansas State Militia. He was elected Colonel of Lawrence County's 60th Arkansas Militia Regiment on July 23, 1860.
In the spring of 1861, Shaver recruited and organized the 7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment for the Confederate army and was elected its first colonel. He and his regiment moved to Columbus and Bowling Green, Kentucky, and on the evacuation of the latter place by General Albert Sidney Johnston in February, 1862, Colonel Shaver, as senior Colonel of the brigade in which his regiment was serving, commanded the rear guard of General Johnston's army to Nashville, Tennessee.
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